The Truth of Magic

181 chapter 180//trap within/trap

Fortunately, at this time, there were no more death-seeking squads attacking this remote tomb. Otherwise, they would be scared to death on the spot when they saw a tombstone suddenly emitting a seven-colored light.

the way to open this book with no pages was to give it a name on the cover.

that was why zhao xu had deliberately written it down by hand. this was also one of the most powerful effects of the level 1 spell, identify.

otherwise, if an average adventurer wanted to figure out the effects of a piece of magical equipment, the most common way would be to put it on and feel the specific enhancements it brought, such as zhao xu’s star cloak.

But for some magic items that needed to be activated, there had to be a specific way to activate them. Most magic items would usually have the activation method written on the item itself. For example, Zhao Xu’s “invisible ring” had the word “tap” written on the inner circle of the ring.

as for those that weren’t indicated, the user would have to figure it out by himself. for example, the “jump” ring, which enhanced his jumping ability, could only be worn and tried to jump in the air. only then could he experience the light feeling in the air.

After the colorful light disappeared, Zhao Xu touched the ancient book that he had named ‘notebook’ once more, and he suddenly felt like he was in perfect harmony with it.

Zhao Xu gently flipped open the notebook and looked at the records left behind by the ancestors of the Andy family. Then, he immediately erased them.

In the future, if Zhao Xu wrote something on it, it would also slowly fade away, but when he read it, the words would automatically appear again.

zhao xu had the impression that the ritual that andy had performed before was in the library of legends as well, so he naturally erased the specific content of the ritual.

However, when he digested the notebook of Andy’s ancestor, he hesitated and squinted his eyes to study the words left by the other party.

from the content, it could be deduced that the person had already left the tomb when he took the notebook. the contents of the records were mostly about the scenery of the long journey and his longing for his family and hometown.

But what caught Zhao Xu’s attention was the description of the tomb. The diary recorded that the tomb had already been explored by adventurers, and many traps even had the bodies of former adventurers.

even so, andy’s ancestor was able to bring back a magic notebook and even read the description of the other party. the harvest was definitely not cheap. otherwise, he would not have needed to use a carriage to transport them.

in general, if a large tomb with burial items could still be found and the number of casualties was not small, it meant that there were still treasures that had not been discovered.

in particular, there was a rough location of the tomb at the back of the diary, as well as a simple sketch of the entrance of the tomb.

Zhao Xu looked at the sketch and fell into deep thought.

He had seen the mysterious symbol at the entrance of the tomb.

Back when Antonya had sent him back to the dark ages, he had seen a priest performing a barbaric sacrifice with a face painted with this symbol.

it couldn’t be the tomb of the ancient elemental god system, right?

zhao xu looked at the location. the tomb would take at least a month to get to mystra by foot. It wasn’t too far, but it wasn’t a place he could go to in a short time.

But Zhao Xu didn’t think too much about it. He just hid the rough map and the scene at the entrance of the tomb in the invisible pages of his notes.

Then, he planned to conveniently erase the records of the scenery along the way.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu’s eyes narrowed.

a normal person might not be able to tell, but zhao xu was the owner of this notebook, so he could clearly feel the difference between every single word in it.

Some of the words on these two pages had been written down with great force. However, each page of the notebook was very thick, and no traces could be seen from the back.

however, if a thin piece of paper was laid out and a layer of ink was applied on it with a charcoal pen, one could judge which words were written with the deepest force by the color of the charcoal pen on the paper.

Of course, Zhao Xu wasn’t using this method right now. He could clearly feel the structure and lines of every word in the book, so he could naturally tell which words were being used.

Zhao Xu was also slowly piecing together the scattered words, and the order was-

“I’ve been cursed.”

“Don’t use the summoning ritual passed down in the family!”

“that will summon the real devil!”

Zhao Xu suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. How could there be so many summoning rituals in this world?

This meant that the man, Andy, had lied to him. The ritual was not something he had seen on the stone slab in the mysterious store.

Zhao Xu suddenly stood up and ran in the direction that the five young men had disappeared in.

at the same time, he took out the candle with a small end burned from his pocket.

if someone appeared in the cemetery at night, they would hear a sudden “whoosh” sound of the wind, accompanied by a gust of air that blew past them, as if someone was charging in front of them.

in the end, zhao xu ran all the way until he was a little breathless when he reached 14 points in his physique.

He saw four bodies on the ground in front of the stream he had passed by.

Zhao Xu’s entire body was invisible at this moment. He was holding a protective magic staff in one hand and a candle in the other. He cast some protective spells on himself and then slowly got closer.

Zhao Xu didn’t even get a few steps closer before he started to tighten his grip on his staff.

they were the four men and women who had been assisting in the ritual.

As for the man who had lied to him, Andy, he was nowhere to be found.

zhao xu’s entire body was on high alert.

even when he saw the corpse in front of him, he remained silent and did not go forward to investigate.

The only thing he could do was to rub the wick of the ‘God praying candle’. He had already sprinkled flammable sulfur on it. Later, he just had to gently twist it, and the’ God praying candle ‘would naturally be lit up.

in the end, zhao xu still decided to use the life reading spell on himself.

as a good priest, he could not use this level-one necromancy evil element spell. he could only cast it through the spell slots in the scroll.

the effect of the spell was similar to the detection spell. after he cast the spell, a fan-shaped area with a radius of ten meters appeared in front of him, immediately covering the four people who had fallen to the ground.

Instantly, the spell fed him information such as whether each target in the area was alive, their specific state, and whether they were undead creatures.

zhao xu wasn’t pleasantly surprised. there were only four dead bodies left in front of him.

at this point, zhao xu didn’t want to act rashly anymore. in fact, he couldn’t even be sure if andy was still hiding nearby.

Zhao Xu immediately took out a gemstone that Reyan had given him from his backpack and gently squeezed it.

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reyan stood next to the stream with a sleepy face. there were two priests and a paladin squatting nearby. at the same time, there were three ‘magic guards’ of the floating city at the scene. they were all from the same department-rose cross.

the rose cross, a joint organization of the wizard association and the church of the goddess, was in charge of capturing evil creatures from another world that had invaded arthur, especially against the demons and devils.

” i say, brother, your luck is too good. you’re out to escort and monitor those rookies, and you’re also able to encounter such a thing. ” Reyan said while yawning.

Rose Cross was a joint force of two organizations. As the Association’s Contact Officer with the church, Reyan naturally held an important position.

Back then, he had given Zhao Xu a gemstone. As long as Zhao Xu crushed the gemstone, he would be able to receive the message and be teleported to Zhao Xu.

he didn’t expect that the first time zhao xu used this gem would be for him to do such a great job.

Although he was a little sleepy after being woken up in the middle of the night, Reyan’s tired mind was put at ease when he thought of the rare big case. He couldn’t help but calculate the specific merits.

“are these people beyond saving?” Zhao Xu asked.

reyan shook his head. “their souls have been taken away. unless a god intervened, no one could do anything.” this demon’s methods are quite brutal. i didn’t think that something like this would happen around mystra.”

as he spoke, he glanced at zhao xu. “it’s only been a few days and you’re already so strong. even that demon wouldn’t dare to do anything to you right there and then. otherwise, after the other party killed you on the spot, they could turn back and use these four men and women as carriers to continue the ritual.”

zhao xu shook his head. “you don’t have to comfort me. i’m just not strong enough.”

Zhao Xu’s gaze was deep as he looked at the four corpses that had already been collected.

“I’ll tell you the truth. I’m too lazy to comfort a little kid like you.” Reyan turned his head and looked at his men who were using magic to review the board.

“it’s no use even if you’re strong. can you protect these four people for their entire lives?” Reyan said contemptuously, “those who can perform such a dangerous summoning ritual are already half a step into the cliff. It’s useless even if you pull them back. as long as they were with andy, they would eventually die. When I came, I didn’t see anything unusual either, otherwise we would have killed all the demons long ago.”

reyan, who was the deputy of the rose cross department, said these dejected words with an indifferent face.

The priest who was standing closer to Reyan could not help but frown when he heard this. However, when he thought of Reyan’s usual style, he held back.

reyan suddenly looked at zhao xu with a curious expression. “i haven’t even explained it to you, and you’ve already guessed what happened?”

“that’s not right. logically speaking, the direction of this stream isn’t the way back to mystra. how do you know that they’re not going back to mystra first? after all, it should have thought that it had concealed itself very well. that’s why it dared to kill people nearby so unscrupulously.”

reyan couldn’t help but reveal a ‘a scholar who has been away for three days must be treated with new eyes’ expression. “according to logic, you players can’t really obtain the upgrade of knowledge.”

zhao xu also looked at reyan in annoyance. “i’ve been reading books in the library every day.”

“i’ll go.” At this moment, Reyan lowered his voice and said, ” I’ve forgotten about your old status. It seems that you’re also very diligent in reading. How long have you been reading for the past day? ”

he already knew which library zhao xu was talking about.

“18 hours,” Zhao Xu said. He was basically reading a book he borrowed from the library whenever he had time.

“then tell me, how did you guess it?” Reyan suddenly had an idea and asked Zhao Xu.